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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 3631469" data-attributes="member: 4936">I'm just calling it like I saw it, man. I'm not sure where the, "Well, what were you THINKING it was going to be" mentality is coming from here. Or the odd notion that there must be something wrong with my perceptions because I wasn't expecting all these problems (and here's the kicker), and that if I -had- been expecting them, that would somehow make them not problems anymore.That seems to be the implicit argument I'm seeing repeated over and over. If I had only been EXPECTING the movie to be bad going in, I would have magically realized on seeing it that it was NOT bad? All these issues and failures, I would just completely change my mind about, because I should have known already they'd be there?No. That's really not how I watch movies. I don't go, "Well, this is a Bay movie, therefore it will have this laundry list of problems...which I will now ignore." I at least -try- to judge each movie, regardless of its origins, on its own merits or lack therof.Now I have no problem with people liking the movie. That's cool! That's fine! I'm GLAD you feel good about what you saw! I'm in no way trying to intimate, in any way, that you all have something wrong with you that causes you to overlook its deep flaws. All I ask is the fans of this movie please stop trying to suggest that my dislike of the movie is due somehow to my flawed perception. I'm confused too, ya know. I sort of figured that the more someone liked the Transformers, the more they'd hate this movie...because it seems to me to be a long insult to fans and source material alike.But if not, -that's cool-. You're still a healthy human being. I love and respect you unconditionally. Namaste! *holds hands up* I surrender! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'd like to think we can just agree to disagree on this subject without being forced to believe that we actually live in alternate universes, just because of our respective reactions to a movie. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />(PS - and to those of you who had a more moderate reaction, yes you, and didn't make any such accusation and don't fit at all the subject of this plea...well, you're not who I'm talking to. In fact, if there's any question at all if this post is directed to you...it's probably not. Rejoice with me, brothers and sisters!)</blockquote>

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